St. Landry democrat., 1887-02-26
FORMALLY RESIGNED.

Secretary NIannng's Letterto The Presi-
dent designing the Treasury Portfolio
and the Presidents Reply Accepting the
Same, to Take Effect April L.
WASuINGTON, Feb. 16.-ScCrctarY Man
nings letter of resignation and The Prcsi-
dents letter of acceptance, fixing April
| next as the date when the secretary will
lay aside the treasury portfolio, We're
made public yesterday. The correspond
ence is as follows:
TREASURY DEPARTMEa-r,
WASHINGTOH. Ecb II. 1857.
Ny DEAR SIR: In view of the rear adjourn
ment OF Congress. and il order th,-1 time may
suffice for the selection and confirmation Of my
successor, 7 desire again to place H,y resigna-
ton of the office Of the Secretary o. The Treas
ury in your hands, and trust you WIN row deem
its acceptance no detrment 20 the public
service.
When you requested me last June to telaT in
insisting upon the acceptan &c OF my 1ESlgna-
ton and again in our conferences last October
you honored me with such terms Of personal
consideration and expressed SO grave a deci
sion in respect 10 the requirements Of the pub
lie service, that it was as Impossible to ques-
ton my duty as to forget your kndness.
l have not spared myself in the cndeavOr TO
comply with your wish and 10 contribute t. thc
support OF the policies which have illustrated
your ADMINISTRATORS 1 ut app t'Oi4-LI1 '+4N w
the Forty-Ninth Congress MARKS period i'll
YOUR own term of Office and in the divisions OF
our political calendar. If a change must occur
in the heads OF departments and at your coun-
Gil board, it IS clear that yonr personal
convenience and the public interests are best
subserved should it occur now Moreover. the
financial section is to be seriously different
from that which opened before Is when the
present Congress entered upon the lie and up
on the opportunities created by transfer Of
the peoples trust to new hands In this most
critical condition, the circumSpeCt cE"cution OF
II wise fiscal policy, or OF administrative reform
in the collection and disbursement OF Our CO
lossal revenues is not alone demanded; though
labors such as these have eXa ted ana exhibit
ed the abilities of our foremost statesmen
since the constitution of the Government. But
there is also an exhausting round Of daily ad
rninistrative tasks. which. however subordinate
and clerical, an efficient Secretary OF the
Treasury can not, or should not cTLde. These
are tasks beyond my present strength
I therefore submit to your ccEsideratlvc
Judgment that in asking release, by the Atm OF
March. or as soon as you may select my sue
cessor fulfil a duty to my family that may
now be permitted to outweigh the duty Of ac-
cepting longer that assignment OF public
service which, two years ago, you cd me the
honor to make.
Returning to the ranks Of thar great party
which has called you to its head I shall still
hope to follow its fortunes under Your snccesS-
full guidance, with fellow citizens loyal
pride. Very respectfully yours
DANIEL MANNING.
To the President. Executive Mansion, etc
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, Feb 10. 1SST
HOr. Daniel Manning, Secretary 0Fhte Treasury.
MY DEAR SIR-Iour formal letter Of resigna
ton. which have received, though not entirely
unexpected, presents the reality OF severance
of our official relations. and causes me the
deepest regret. This is tempered only by the
knowledge that the frank and friendly per
sonal relations which have unbrokenly existed
between are to still continue. I refer to
these because such personal relations supply,
after all whatever of comfort and pleasure the
world affords and because l feel it to be almost
superfuous to speak of the aid and support you
have given me and the assistance you have
furnished to the administration OF the Govern
ment during the time you have directed the
affairs of the exacting and labOriOus office
which you now seek to surrender:
Your labors, your achievements, your success
and your devotion to public duty are fully seen
and known, and they challenge the appreciation
and gratitude of all your countrymcn.
Since l must at last relnqush my hope of
your continuance at my side as counsellor and
co-laborer, and since 1 cannot question the
reasons upon which your request to be relieved
is based. it only remains for me 10 accept the
resignation you have rendered and to express
my profound thanks for all that you have done
for me in sharing manfully my labors and
perplexities of the past two years.
feel that may still ask of you that the first
day of April next be fixed as the date at which
your resignation shall take effect, and that you
will so regulate what remains to you OF official
duty in the meantime as to secure that meas
ure Of freedom from vexatious labor which you
have so justly earned.
With the earnest hope that in any new path
of life you may hereafter follow, there may be
allowed to you more of comfort and of ease
than conscientious discharge Of duty here
permits, am
Very sincerely your friend,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
A Narrow Escape.